# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/willem-van-der-haegen
# Generated: 2026-08-15T03:51:03.295Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/willem-van-der-haegen"
name: "Willem van der Haegen"
slug: "willem-van-der-haegen"
description: "D. Willem van der Haegen, or Willem De Kersemakere, known in Portuguese as Guilherme da Silveira, or Guilherme Casmaca, was a Flemish-born Azorean entrepreneur, explorer, and colonizer. He was a pioneer colonizer in Azorean history and his descendants formed part of the original Azorean nobility."
tagline: "Flemish merchant"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Coat_of_Arms_of_the_Azorean_family_Silveira.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Historical Figures"
  slug: "historical-figures"
profileType:
  name: "Historical Figure"
  slug: "historical-figure"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645"
birthDate: "1430"
deathDate: "1507"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.51
  momentum:             0.8634242799115536
  historical:           6.558281333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A8%81%E5%BB%89%C2%B7%E8%8C%83%E5%BE%B7%E5%93%88%E6%A0%B9"
    title: "威廉·范德哈根"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%85_%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B1_%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%AC%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%88_%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%85_%D8%AF%D9%89_%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%89"
    title: "ويليم فان دير هايجن او ويليم دى كيرسيماكيرى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_van_der_Haegen"
    title: "Wilhelm van der Haegen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_van_der_Haegen"
    title: "Willem van der Haegen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_van_der_Haegen"
    title: "Willem van der Haegen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_van_der_Haegen"
    title: "Willem van der Haegen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_van_der_Haegen"
    title: "Willem van der Haegen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1349375"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump